Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan teases new “cool” Mercy skin

Michael Kelly

Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan teased a potentially new skin for Mercy in a recent Discord Q&A on May 8.

While participating in a recent Overwatch Q&A on Discord, Kaplan teased at a potentially new skin for Mercy – and fans are excited.

Additionally, he gave some insight into the incredibly lengthy process behind the creation of new skins in the hero shooter.

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“For Mercy, it’s fun to do light and dark skins, so good odds… she has a cool skin coming up,” Kaplan stated in regards to the hero.

With this in mind, it’s easy to speculate that Mercy might have a heavily thematic skin coming through the pipeline in the near future.

He also suggested that the particular skin in question might have been in development for quite some time.

A new skin for Mercy could be in the works

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“Skins are designed very far in advance,” he said. “They go through a very long pipeline to get made.”

With the game’s four-year Anniversary event on the horizon, it’s possible that whatever skin Mercy – or any other hero for that matter – might be receiving, could be bundled in with that event.

Judging by Kaplan’s statement that skins take “almost a year” from initial design to rollout, it’s possible that whatever skins are soon to come have been in development since last summer.

Mercy could be receiving a new skin within the next few months

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Mercy hasn’t received a skin as part of an Anniversary event during Overwatch’s lifespan, but she is widely known for having a plethora of limited cosmetics.

Perhaps in the near future, the designers could be adding to her already extensive lineup of skins.